Queering Jewish Theology in Parables

This essay applies queer theories of gender fluidity and gender performativity to readings of rabbinic parables. Although parables in rabbinic literature have been explored for their theological insights, they have not been placed in conversation with understandings of gender that emerge from queer...

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Main Author: Kessler, Gwynn ca. 21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: SCM Press [2019]
In: Concilium
Year: 2019, Issue: 5, Pages: 51-60
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rabbinic literature / Parable / Jewish theology / Queer theology / Gender studies
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
FD Contextual theology
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Jewish Theology
B Queer Theory
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Summary:This essay applies queer theories of gender fluidity and gender performativity to readings of rabbinic parables. Although parables in rabbinic literature have been explored for their theological insights, they have not been placed in conversation with understandings of gender that emerge from queer theory. This essay suggests that queer readings of parables offer a compelling counter-narrative to an always and singularly rigid, binary construction of gender in rabbinic sources. Rabbinic parables, which highlight gender fluidity, multiplicity, and instability, illuminate a queer theology at the heart of rabbinic understandings of gender, God, and Israel.
ISSN:0010-5236
Contains:Enthalten in: Concilium